Susanna/h was born either b. either Jan 17, 1647 or Mar 16, 1649 (the later may be her baptism date) to Obadiah and Susanna Wheeler. She was the cousin and an inheritor of Captain Timothy Wheeler (d.30 July 1687, age 86years, Concord, MA, whose will is with Suffolk Reg. X-103, 1 March 1680), and a brother of Samuel Wheeler (b. 22 Feb. 1655/6).(1)
She married John Sheple Jr. on Sep. 23, 1672. Their entire family except child John was killed during the Abenaki Indian raid on Groton, July 27, 1694 and their house (likely with bodies inside) was burned to the ground. They are memorialized on the Sheple Monument transcribed by Samuel A. Green in his "Epitaphs".
Partial transcription:
"East Side
Genealogy of the Sheples from 1630 to 1835
205 years.
Genealogy of the Sheple or Shepley*,
John Sheple Settled in Salem Mass, A.D. 1635 - A.D. 1660. One of the family Settled in Groton, A.D. 1676. the Indi-ans massacred all the Sheples in Groton save a John Sheple 16 years old who the carried captive to Can-ada and kept him 4 years, after which he return-ed to Groton and from him descended all the Sh-eples or Shepleys in this Vicinity,..."
Children: 3-5, of only which Capt. John III survived the massacre. Chelmsford records list an unnamed daughter born Mar. 15, 1682.
(1)"The Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Massachusetts" by Compiled by George Tolman in 1908, Revised for editions of 1970 and 1981 and, by Joseph C. Wheeler, for online editions of 2006/2007.
She married John Sheple Jr. on Sep. 23, 1672. Their entire family except child John was killed during the Abenaki Indian raid on Groton, July 27, 1694 and their house (likely with bodies inside) was burned to the ground. They are memorialized on the Sheple Monument transcribed by Samuel A. Green in his "Epitaphs".
Partial transcription:
"East Side
Genealogy of the Sheples from 1630 to 1835
205 years.
Genealogy of the Sheple or Shepley*,
John Sheple Settled in Salem Mass, A.D. 1635 - A.D. 1660. One of the family Settled in Groton, A.D. 1676. the Indi-ans massacred all the Sheples in Groton save a John Sheple 16 years old who the carried captive to Can-ada and kept him 4 years, after which he return-ed to Groton and from him descended all the Sh-eples or Shepleys in this Vicinity,..."
Children: 3-5, of only which Capt. John III survived the massacre. Chelmsford records list an unnamed daughter born Mar. 15, 1682.
(1)"The Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Massachusetts" by Compiled by George Tolman in 1908, Revised for editions of 1970 and 1981 and, by Joseph C. Wheeler, for online editions of 2006/2007.
Susanna/h was born either b. either Jan 17, 1647 or Mar 16, 1649 (the later may be her baptism date) to Obadiah and Susanna Wheeler. She was the cousin and an inheritor of Captain Timothy Wheeler (d.30 July 1687, age 86years, Concord, MA, whose will is with Suffolk Reg. X-103, 1 March 1680), and a brother of Samuel Wheeler (b. 22 Feb. 1655/6).(1)
She married John Sheple Jr. on Sep. 23, 1672. Their entire family except child John was killed during the Abenaki Indian raid on Groton, July 27, 1694 and their house (likely with bodies inside) was burned to the ground. They are memorialized on the Sheple Monument transcribed by Samuel A. Green in his "Epitaphs".
Partial transcription:
"East Side
Genealogy of the Sheples from 1630 to 1835
205 years.
Genealogy of the Sheple or Shepley*,
John Sheple Settled in Salem Mass, A.D. 1635 - A.D. 1660. One of the family Settled in Groton, A.D. 1676. the Indi-ans massacred all the Sheples in Groton save a John Sheple 16 years old who the carried captive to Can-ada and kept him 4 years, after which he return-ed to Groton and from him descended all the Sh-eples or Shepleys in this Vicinity,..."
Children: 3-5, of only which Capt. John III survived the massacre. Chelmsford records list an unnamed daughter born Mar. 15, 1682.
(1)"The Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Massachusetts" by Compiled by George Tolman in 1908, Revised for editions of 1970 and 1981 and, by Joseph C. Wheeler, for online editions of 2006/2007.
She married John Sheple Jr. on Sep. 23, 1672. Their entire family except child John was killed during the Abenaki Indian raid on Groton, July 27, 1694 and their house (likely with bodies inside) was burned to the ground. They are memorialized on the Sheple Monument transcribed by Samuel A. Green in his "Epitaphs".
Partial transcription:
"East Side
Genealogy of the Sheples from 1630 to 1835
205 years.
Genealogy of the Sheple or Shepley*,
John Sheple Settled in Salem Mass, A.D. 1635 - A.D. 1660. One of the family Settled in Groton, A.D. 1676. the Indi-ans massacred all the Sheples in Groton save a John Sheple 16 years old who the carried captive to Can-ada and kept him 4 years, after which he return-ed to Groton and from him descended all the Sh-eples or Shepleys in this Vicinity,..."
Children: 3-5, of only which Capt. John III survived the massacre. Chelmsford records list an unnamed daughter born Mar. 15, 1682.
(1)"The Wheeler Families of Old Concord, Massachusetts" by Compiled by George Tolman in 1908, Revised for editions of 1970 and 1981 and, by Joseph C. Wheeler, for online editions of 2006/2007.
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